Martin, Elizabeth (Gorin), 1791-1858 (SC 2820)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

3-28-2014

Comments

This collection is archived in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-6434; mssfa@wku.edu

Abstract

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 2820. Letter, 8 December 1844, of Elizabeth Martin, Elkton, Kentucky, to her nephew Benjamin P. Hinch, New Salem, Illinois. She provides some family news and refers to the recent presidential election as a “great calamity” over which the defeated Whigs are “down in the mouth.” Part of the letter is written by Elizabeth’s daughter Avaline. She reports on her health, suggests names for Hinch’s baby son, and forecasts the continuation of hard times with the election of “old Polk.”

Disciplines

American Politics | Political Science | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Martin, Elizabeth (Gorin), 1791-1858 (SC 2820)" (2014). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 3533.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/3533